Ayara Oluwaseun

The Ibiaku Issiet Community in Uruan Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State has written to the state government over alleged fraud in the Dakkada Luxury Estate compensation payment. The state government acquired the area around Airport Road, Uyo from the community for the construction of the said estate with substantial amount out of the […]

A former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Pius Anyim, has spent the second night in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abuja, where he was being held since Sunday afternoon in connection with the ongoing probe of a former Aviation Minister, Senator Stella Oduah. Anyim, who responded to an invitation

Veteran actress, Patience Ozokwo, has lamented over the rate at which scammers use her name to defraud members of the public. The Nollywood star took to her verified Instagram page on Friday to bemoan the use of fake accounts to discredit genuine businesses. According to the veteran, a group in France recently attacked her, claiming

The Nigerian Communications Commission and other telecoms regulators under the auspices of West African Telecoms Regulators Assembly are set to combat rising wave of electronic frauds, and standardising regional roaming tariffs in the sub-region. This will be done true the development of technical and regulatory modalities. Director Public Affairs of the NCC, Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission and the Department of State Services have arrested 48 individuals for alleged illegalities in the conduct of the Joint Universities Preliminary Examinations Board. JUPEB is an advanced level educational examination that qualifies a candidate for admission into 200 level in any Nigerian and foreign universities through

A son of the Director-General of the Department of State Services, Yusuf Bichi, Abba, has lent his weight behind the detained Chairman of Cubana Group, Obi Iyiegbu, popularly known as Obi Cubana, saying not every wealthy person in the country is fraudulent. The PUNCH had earlier reported that the anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial

Justice Daniel Osaigor of a Federal High Court in Lagos, on Wednesday, ordered a former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, to pay N200,000 for not making himself available for re-arraignment for alleged money laundering. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Osaigor said he had gone through the court’s file and noted five different letters by Fani-Kayode,

The Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission arraigned one Toluwalade John Olateru Olagbegi before Justice Uche Agomoh of the Federal High Court one sitting in Ibadan on one count bordering on obtaining money by false pretence to the tune of N35,500,000,00 The Owo Prince, Ondo state, who resides at Bodija, allegedly

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ilorin Zonal Command, has secured the conviction of an internet fraudsters, Jatto Sheriff Umar. The 21-year-old was specialised in posing as the founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, and defrauding unsuspecting victims via online relationship. He was convicted and sentenced to prison for offences bordering on personation and cybercrime. Read

Some members of the Senate Committee on Anti-Corruption, on Monday, expressed displeasure over the declaration by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission that it had transferred all forfeited assets to the office of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami. The anti-graft agency, represented by its Director of Operations Abdulkarim